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Twitter tests doubling the length of tweets to 280 characters

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On Tuesday Twitter announced they are testing increasing the maximum character count of a tweet from 140 to 280. Appropriately, people took to Twitter to talk about the change. TODAY’s Sheinelle Jones reports from the Orange Room.Sep.27.2017

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